The basic principals of how to train a dog are conditioning – if your feedback is not immediate and consistent, your dog will never be successfully trained. Dogs and puppies live in the present, so it is important to consistently reinforce what you want them to do.

So, for example, if your puppy has an accident in the house and you stick its nose in it, and say “bad dog.”, the puppy isn't able to make the leap of understanding that you are referring to what she did a minute ago. Although it's incredibly time-consuming, you need to be in close proximity to your puppy during potty training. Figure on taking your puppy out to go potty about 10-20 minutes after he eats, plays, or wakes up from a nap. When your puppy goes potty outside, reward her with a treat and praise her lavishly. If she doesn't need to go when you take her outside, go back inside and wait 5-15 minutes.

If your puppy does go to the bathroom inside the house, the latest research says that the best way to deal with it is just to ignore it. Don't give him any attention for this mistake.